The benefits of having all night to sit up and think

[uberreiniger]

The more I think about it, the more I think I really would like to go back to school. The question is, what to major in. More pressing is the question of whether I should pursue a Master's or a second Bachelor's degree. I'm thinking a Masters is more beneficial, but I know some people have more than one Bachelors. Any of you non-traditional students out there care to give me advice based on your own personal experiences?

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[ghaidin.livejournal.com]

The key is knowing what you want out of your new degree. If it's about giving you more chances to get a better job down the line, then it could be an MA is a better option... as long as you're careful enough to choose one that has marketable skills. I hate to say these, but PhDs and masters in some of the humanities aren't worth all that much in the job market.
Same goes with your BA. Most of the people I know who are double (or even triple) majors did all the extra work while pursuing their main degree, so it only took them a few extra semesters. If you want a whole new BA it could very well take you a full 3-4 extra years.

Best of luck with the decision!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm thinking perhaps an MA in Business Administration. I can enter it without at the local University without having an undergraduate degree first, although I will have to take a few undergrad classes. It's versatile and can get me jobs. On the other hand, I don't really have any love for it. It's just something I'd be doing to get a job.

[ghaidin.livejournal.com]

when i was choosing my BA after highschool I went through the same kind of thinking...my heart's choice would have been philosophy or psichology, but I took on something that I still kind of saw a point in although not necessarily something I loved. (I've grown to love it, if that helps)

and in a way, I do regret not taking the market-oriented choices afterwards... money and easy way out sound more appealing now that they did a few years back

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

So what did you decide on in lieu of philosophy or psychology? Anyway, I always thought I would never regret making the non-marketable choice but it's really biting me now. Life just didn't turn out the way I thought it would. If someone would have told me I could gain the sort of experience I have in theatre without majoring in it, it would have saved a lot of heartache. Nearly everything worthwhile I learned in theatre happened outside the institutional setting.

[ghaidin.livejournal.com]

Economics. I know it sounds like a stretch, but it has a nice combination of humanities and math... and it's a hell lot more marketeable. I screw up that last part when I decided to get a PhD in it, though (and in fields that are quite non-marketeable, I'm afraid). Do I regret it? yeah... at times. But not all the time,I guess!

About life's turns, it never does, I guess. And maybe you'd have been miserable your whole life wondering "what if"
Also, I can assure you (from personal experience) that if you had majored in something else, you'd probably have drifted away from theater, being absorbed in other things.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Aye, very likely I suppose. I guess it's a guessing game of which regrets you want to live with more :(

[ghaidin.livejournal.com]

I thought this might make you smile ...

hang in there!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

It does make it all seem more reasonable, in a bizzare, crazy way :)